Dooley Won`t Run For U.s. Senate

July 25, 1985|By Rich Lorenz.

Georgia football coach Vince Dooley has informed state officials and friends that he will not seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate next year, according to political sources. The sources in Atlanta and Washington, who spoke only when assured of anonymity, said Wednesday that barring a change of heart, Dooley will announce that decision Thursday. Deloss Walker, Dooley`s top political adviser, said he had been informed of Dooley`s decision, but declined to confirm that Dooley had decided against entering politics. Dooley announced June 29 that he would consider seeking the Democratic nomination to oppose U.S. Sen. Mack Mattingly, a Republican, in Georgia`s election next year.

DUNLEAVY SUES AIRLINE

Former Milwaukee Bucks` guard Mike Dunleavy has filed a $10 million suit against American Airlines, charging a runway accident injured his back and ended his basketball career. The accident occurred Dec. 1, 1984, when an American jet stopped suddenly at Baltimore-Washington International Airport to avoid a fuel truck. The sudden jolt injured Dunleavy`s back, according to the suit filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. Tests have showed Dunleavy suffered a herniated disc in his spine, which caused pain in his back, right leg and foot. Dunleavy charges the flight crew was negligent in approaching a gate where the truck was parked.

-- Boston College coach Gary Williams, 39, has rejected the Wake Forest job. ``There are certain jobs for everybody,`` Williams said. ``People are in different situations. I`m in a good situation. The time wasn`t right.``

The International Olympic Committee has announced that North and South Korea have agreed to meet at IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, later this year to discuss the 1988 Games and other questions.

ANOTHER LOVE GAME

John McEnroe has admitted that his friendship with actress Tatum O`Neal is affecting his tennis game. ``I`m involved in a relationship that`s very nice. It`s difficult to keep motivated,`` he was quoted by the London Sun.

``I`m not going to retire. There`s no other way I would make the money I make in tennis. And then there`s the fact that I`m obviously the best at it. And I`d like to try to get even better before I quit--that`s the motivation. Maybe the challenge of a guy like Boris Becker can help me out because I need to be brought up to a different level.``

OWNERS HAVE PENSION PROPOSAL

Facing the possibility of a season-ending baseball strike beginning Aug. 6, management will soon be ready to make a proposal on pensions, one of the main issues holding up agreement on a new contract with the players` union. Lee MacPhail, president of the Player Relations Committee, said he saw little indication the union is willing to compromise on its demand for an increase of $45 million per year in the owners` contribution to the benefits plan.

-- In most major league cities, it`s as though the threat of a strike didn`t exist. With a few exceptions, it has been business as usual at the ticket window. Tickets are hot in cities like New York, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Kansas City and Boston. Sales are slow in Cleveland, Texas, Pittsburgh and San Francisco. ``Advance business has been tremendous up to this time,``

said Larry Regan, assistant ticket manager of the Cubs. He said there was a decline after the strike date was set. ``I think most people seem to be leaning towards the fact that there`ll be a strike and a lot of them are refusing to lay out money beyond Aug. 6,`` Regan said. ``They figure it`ll be a problem to get their money back.`` If there is a strike, the White Sox have said they will probably treat canceled games as rainouts, giving customers a choice of refunds or credit toward future games.

-- Minnie Minoso and Jose Cardenal are teaching their skills to the youth of Central America. Minoso, a seven-time All-Star with the White Sox, and Cardenal, who played for the Cubs for six seasons, are spending the month touring the region at the expense of the United States Information Service. With them on this first ``Ambassadors of Baseball`` trip is Jaime Garcia, baseball coach at Providence High School. The athletes have been training youths in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Costa Rica but didn`t visit El Salvador. They are scheduled to return Aug. 3.

STING TO PLAY EXHIBITION

The Sting has scheduled an outdoor exhibition match against the Chicago Eagles of the Metropolitan Soccer League for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Schwaben Center in Buffalo Grove. Selected players from other Polish-oriented club teams, including Royal Wawel of the MSL and Wisla of the National Soccer League, will be on added to the Eagles` squad.

BURNING DESIRE

Former National Football League defensive lineman Larry Bethea, 29, has been fined $1,000 for lighting three campfires that blew out of control on Mt. Rainier last week. In entering a guilty plea, Bethea told U.S. Magistrate Stan King that he set the fires in an attempt to stay warm while camping overnight.